Survival of Rock-Colonizing Organisms After 1.5 Years in Outer Space

Cosmic Radiation Exposure of Biological Test Systems During the EXPOSE-E Mission

(2012) Thomas Berger et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

EXPOSE-E: An ESA Astrobiology Mission 1.5 Years in Space

(2012) Elke Rabbow et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Whole Lichen Thalli Survive Exposure to Space Conditions: Results of Lithopanspermia Experiment with Aspicilia fruticulosa

(2011) J. Raggio et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Exposure of phototrophs to 548 days in low Earth orbit: microbial selection pressures in outer space and on early earth

(2011) Charles S Cockell et al.   ISME Journal

Shock experiments in support of the Lithopanspermia theory: The influence of host rock composition, temperature, and shock pressure on the survival rate of endolithic and epilithic microorganisms

(2011) Cornelia MEYER et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Survival Potential and Photosynthetic Activity of Lichens Under Mars-Like Conditions: A Laboratory Study

(2010) Jean-Pierre de Vera et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Survival of lichens and bacteria exposed to outer space conditions – Results of the Lithopanspermia experiments

(2010) Rosa de la Torre et al.   ICARUS

Space Microbiology

(2010) G. Horneck et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Do fungi survive under actual space conditions? Searching for evidence in favour of lithopanspermia

(2010) S. Onofri et al.   PLANT BIOSYSTEMS

Resistance of Antarctic black fungi and cryptoendolithic communities to simulated space and Martian conditions

(2010) S. Onofri et al.   STUDIES IN MYCOLOGY

EXPOSE, an Astrobiological Exposure Facility on the International Space Station - from Proposal to Flight

(2009) Elke Rabbow et al.   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES

Ancient micronauts: interplanetary transport of microbes by cosmic impacts

(2009) Wayne L. Nicholson   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Microbial Rock Inhabitants Survive Hypervelocity Impacts on Mars-Like Host Planets: First Phase of Lithopanspermia Experimentally Tested

(2008) Gerda Horneck et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Life at the Limits: Capacities of Isolated and Cultured Lichen Symbionts to Resist Extreme Environmental Stresses

(2008) J.-P. de Vera et al.   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES